Photo Essay: March for Life 2019

Students, Seminarians, and Parishioners are in Washington DC for the annual March for Life on this anniversary of Roe V. Wade. LIVE COVERAGE FROM EWTN Bishop Fenwick High School cancelled their trip to DC due to weather concerns, so they went to the March for Life event at Planned …
Without a voice at home, Nicaraguans ask Washington-based OAS for help
IMAGE: CNS photo/Rhina Guidos By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — For a few hours, Gio Gomez left the warmth of the Florida sun and headed north toward an arctic blast in Washington. She protected herself from the winter breeze while wrapped in a yellow and white Vatican flag outside the …
Australia delegation makes pre-WYD stops at March for Life, Guadalupe
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — About 1,000 young Catholic Australians left their homeland to participate in World Youth Day in Panama. But, since they were in the neighborhood — well, make that hemisphere — about half of them made a visit to Washington prior to …
Vatican releases guidelines to help church fight human trafficking
IMAGE: CNS photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican has created a set of pastoral guidelines to inspire and improve the church’s work in addressing the crime of human trafficking and the care of its victims worldwide. The Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery …
Throwback Thursday: A cookoff between Fr. Kyle Schnippel and Fr. Leo Patalinghug

Last year, a sold out crowd gathered to watch a demonstration by Fr. Leo cooking Penne Vodka. After dinner and a night of fellowship, there was and a friendly cookoff between the two priests, which featured ingredients such as turkey, Cincinnati’s Barbeque Grippo Potato Chips, and quail eggs. Check out the …
In their words: March for Life experience of solidarity and hope for students

Thousands from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati attend the annual March for Life each January in Washington, D.C., marking the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized abortion on demand. Among the participants are area high school students and their chaperones, who make the journey to the nation’s …
Julliard-trained violinist returns to N.J. roots to record first album
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Lauren Desberg By Carl Peters CAMDEN, N.J. (CNS) — In recent months, violinist Alana Youssefian has performed at New York City’s Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Yale University and venues in Texas, California, Washington and Canada. But she’s coming home to New Jersey — her hometown …
Cardinal Wuerl acknowledges he knew of one accusation against predecessor
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a second letter issued in mid-January about what he knew and didn’t regarding abuse allegations involving his predecessor, Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, Washington’s retired archbishop, apologized Jan. 15 for what he called a "lapse of memory," clarifying that he knew …
Pope wants abuse summit to lead to clarity, action
IMAGE: CNS photos/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — At the upcoming meeting on protecting minors, Pope Francis wants leaders of the world’s bishops’ conferences to clearly understand what must be done to prevent abuse, care for victims and ensure no case is whitewashed or covered up. "The …
Lord’s Prayer is reaching out for father’s loving embrace, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To pray well, people need to have the heart of a child — a child who feels safe and loved in a father’s tender embrace, Pope Francis said. If people have become estranged from God, feel lonely, abandoned or have …